Bren Guns

Hi,

We are now getting between 1-2 thousand spam mails every day that we sift through to see that we don’t delete legitimate mail. This is a big time killer so until we get the site setup better we are going to ask that if you want to comment or ask a question etc you send it to us at smgguns@yahoo.com . As of today all bulk spam here will be deleted and the hour or so will shift back to making rifles. Thanks!

Rick

History

The Bren, usually called the Bren Gun, was a series of light machine guns adopted by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1991. While best known for its role as the British and Commonwealth forces’ primary infantry light machine gun (LMG) in World War II, it was also used in the Korean War and saw service throughout the latter half of the 20th century, including the 1982 Falklands War and the 1991 Gulf War. Although fitted with a bipod, it could also be mounted on a tripod or vehicle-mounted.

The Bren was a modified version of a Czechoslovak-designed light machine gun, the ZB vz. 26, which British Army officials had tested during a firearms service competition in the 1930s. The later Bren featured a distinctive curved box magazine, conical flash hider and quick change barrel. The name Bren was derived from Brno, the Czechoslovak city where the Zb vz. 26 was originally designed, and Enfield, site of the British Royal Small Arms Factory).

In the 1950s the Bren was rebarrelled to accept the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. It was replaced in the British Army as the section LMG by the L7 general purpose machine gun (GPMG), a heavier belt-fed weapon. This was in turn supplemented in the 1980s by the L86 Light Support Weapon firing the 5.56x45mm NATO round, leaving the Bren in use only as a pintle mount on some vehicles.

As of November 2007, the Bren is still manufactured by Indian Ordnance Factories as the “Gun, Machine 7.62mm 1B”.

Semi-Automatic

These rifles look and feel just the like the original but will function only in a semi automatic operation.Â Many were originally built in the Inglis factory in Canada with a few British kits as well, we have re-manufactured these using the torched-up parts set that we’re all used to seeing. As well we utilize a new butt stock and pistol grip in our builds that help make our semi auto Brens 922r compliant even using original magazines!

Each of these beautifully redone firearms comes fully assembled, test-fired, with one proven to the gun magazine, and a wooden crate for transport.Â We currently are selling complete guns and builds on gunbroker. We also offer other custom build options on The MkI, MkII, MkIII variants!Â We have a limited number of these guns built and in stock so let us know how we can make your day!Â A design that has been proven for a 61 year track record, and can still be found in service in some countries even today.

25 comments

Hi,
We didn’t pursue the new Bren receiver as the feedback we received was the cost was too high with all the weldable receivers still available. So, right now all we offer is the build service on kits. Thanks for the inquiry though!

Hi,
No one I know of has run 10k in ammo through any of their semi auto Brens in a durability test and neither have we. With the price of .303 ammo and the limited number being sold it is an upside down proposition at best. I would put our semi build up against anyone elses in a durability run. Maybe we each bring our build and run em till they quit and the looser pays for the winners ammo? If it needs to be sent back because of a component failure within the one year from purchase period we pay shipping and if it is sent in because it no longer runs because it was re-assembled wrong or let rust up without cleaning and doesn’t work then the shipping is on you the customer. Both of these examples have taken place in case you are wondering.

Hi,
The Bren/ZB/DP series builds are still on indefinite hold after we finish up the ones we committed to late last year. If anything changes we will post a notice on this site. Thanks for your interest!

Hi Bill,
If you mean for the Bren gun no, sorry. I have no idea where those could be found. We considered making some from scratch but decided there was no market based on the lack of the rest of the .308 version being available.

good morning, my father had a BREN kit stashed away for a while, it looks complete with 2 barrels and all the small parts…I have seen on some of the gun forums issues with some of the receivers, is it possible to send you a pic of my receiver and tell me if its possible to be rewelded ?? how much this service would cost ?? and would it be possible to to a 7.62x54R conversion with the bolt ( or ZB-39 bolt ) use ZB-39 mags and re-chamber both barrels to 7.62x54R .

please provide me an address to send you some better pics of the receiver, what would the turn around time on something like this be ?? I’m not in a hurry

Hi Mark,
Like it says here on the site – all builds like this are on semi permanent hold due to the FG42 project. If/when this changes we will post on the site. Thanks for your interest and sorry we couldn’t help right now.

Just wanted to drop a note to say that my Inglis Mk II has now had over 1000 rounds through it, without a failure, miss-feed or cause for concern!
I wish the trigger pull was shorter, and it had a BHO feature, but that’s nit picking.